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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024riv•er1 /ˈrɪvɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a natural stream of water flowing in a definite course:Three rivers come together at that city.[the + place name + ~]the Hudson River.
- a similar stream of something else:rivers of tears.
Idioms- Idioms sell (someone) down the river, [Slang.]to betray:When he was arrested he realized his so-called friends had sold him down the river.
- Idioms up the river, [Slang.]to or in prison:He was sent up the river for ten years.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024riv•er1 (riv′ər),USA pronunciation n. - a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.
- a similar stream of something other than water:a river of lava; a river of ice.
- any abundant stream or copious flow;
outpouring:rivers of tears; rivers of words. - Astronomy(cap.) the constellation Eridanus.
- Printinga vertical channel of white space resulting from the alignment in several lines of spaces between words.
- sell down the river, to betray;
desert;
mislead:to sell one's friends down the river. - up the river, [Slang.]
- to prison:to be sent up the river for a bank robbery.
- in prison:Thirty years up the river had made him a stranger to society.
- Vulgar Latin *rīpāria, noun, nominal use of feminine of Latin rīpārius riparian
- Old French rivere, riviere
- Middle English 1250–1300
- a person who rives.
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